I am sorry that I haven't been updating (AGAIN) but I have a real hard time with writers block on this story, I am really making this up as I go along. Enough yappin, ENJOY!
Mary stayed in her bedroom for the next couple of days, mostly reading and sometimes drawing. It was still raining out, so she couldn't really do anything, but she did figure out the details for her plan.
She would wait until Colin went into one of his rampages about being sick and weak, which he did every so often. Mary normally stayed away from him, but he always yelled for her to come fluff his pillows and bring him tea, not really acting sick. When he was like this, she would become the best nurse he had ever had. She would make sure that he was treated just like a sick person, being very motherly. Now that didn't really sound like a plan, but she would have to wait to put it in action.
Martha updated her everyday on how Colin was acting, to make sure that Mary found the right time. And today might be that day, hopefully.
Mary sat on her bed, reading poetry, when Martha suddenly burst in.
"Oh, miss Mary, Colin is goin' into one of his rampages again. He has been yelling for about 10 minutes that he is ill, and that he must have you to care for him" Martha gasped.
Mary smiled. Perfect. She hadn't told Martha her plan, so she put on her best worried look and said "Well then, I must go care for my sick husband." Mary stood up and put on her apron that made her look like a nurse, then headed to what used to be Colin and her's bedroom.
She heard his screaming before she even entered. Colin sounded like he was going through surgery or something. Mary found Dr Morris, Colin's doctor, when she entered, trying to check Colin's pulse, but failing. Mary liked Dr. Morris, he was very wise, so she had told him her plan, and his job was to stay away from Colin, let Mary care for him, and give helpful 'advice' according to what Mary said. When he saw Mary, he backed away from Colin, letting Mary run to Colin.
"Oh Colin, dear, what is the matter?" Mary asked in her best mother voice.
Colin calmed down when he saw her, and said "I am ill, but no one will care for me. They all think that I'm lieing."
"Oh, Colin." Mary felt his head, "Oh, you do feel warm. What you need is rest and tender loving care. I'll make certain that you are perfectly comfortable".
Colin smiled brightl, and gave all the servants a look that said "See, I told you so."
Mary went into action. She first shoed all the maids and Dr. Morris out of the room, claiming that she should take care of Colin since he was her husband. Then she fluffed all of Colin's pillows, and stoaked his fire. She then rubbed Colin's back until he fell asleep. When he was, she grabbed all his books that he enjoyed reading, all the papers that he wrote on, and all the empty tea cups, and hide them in her room. She then sent for Dr. Morris and he gave her all his 'medicines' that she was to use for Colin. Mary had actually made them in the kitchen out of the most horrible tasting herbs and vegetables she could find, and put them in cold medicine jars.
When Colin woke, she was closing the curtains. She looked over at him.
"Ah, I see you are up. I am closing the curtains to keep any spores out of the air, which will help you get better".
Colin didn't seem to notice that she used his old excuse to keep the windows shut, but instead said "I am feeling hungry now. Could you get me something to eat?"
"Of course dear, anything." Mary called a maid and told her to have the cook prepare a 'special' meal for Colin. The cook was also in on her plans, and was making the best meal a ill person could have. When Mary was done, she went back to Colin, who was sitting up.
"Oh, Colin, I almost forgot. Dr. Morris left you some medicines to help with your various symptoms. Lets see" she said lifting up some of the bottles, "We have medicine for headaches, backaches, stomachaches, sore throat, and runny nose."
Colin looked surprised, "I'm not that sick!"
"Well, Dr. Morris said that these are for your currant symptoms, and to help keep other symptoms away. Now open up," Mary filled a spoon with one of the 'medicines'.
Colin wrinkled his nose. "That smells awful! I don't want that."
"Well if you want to get better, you have to take them. Now open up."
Colin finally gave in, but the look of pure disgust on his face almost made Mary gag. She had tried all the medicines to see if they were horrible enough, and she almost threw up they were so bad. Colin gulped the 'medicine' down, and gave a sigh of relief, but then his face turned into horror when Mary told him that he had to take ALL the medicines. Colin gulped down all the medicines, each one as horrible as the next. When he was finally down, he looked like he wanted to throw up, but then Martha came in with his supper.
He beamed when he saw it. Martha placed the covered dish on his bedside table, gave them both a critical eye, then left. Colin eagerly took the cover off the tray, but then his face fell.
The cook's 'special' meal was herb soup, a grapefruit, and a cup of water. The cook had said that this was the meal she served to all sick people, it helped them get up the will to get better faster. Mary put her hand over her nose. The soup smelled awful, and from what she tasted, it WAS awful.
Colin stared at the plate, and then at Mary. "What is THIS?" he asked.
"That is the food you are to have at EVERY meal to help your get better faster." Colin's face was of pure horror. When he wouldn't move, Mary grabbed the spoon, got some soup into it, and placed it at Colin's lips. "Open wide, you have to eat this, unless you want to starve."
Mary sounded harsher then she wanted, but Colin slowly opened his mouth, and Mary shoved the spoon into his mouth.
He looked like he wanted to spit it up, but he swallowed it, then almost gagged, and gulped his water down. Mary got another spoonful, and Colin once again almost gagged. This went on until the bowl was empty, then Colin took a bite of grapefruit, and spit it out. Mary spoon fed him this also, with Colin's look id distress deepening with each bite.
Mary had to admit, prisoners ate better. She didn't ant to now what was in the soup, but she was pretty sure that eating grapefruit afterwards was horrible. Colin leaned back in his bed, moaning. Mary almost felt sorry for him, after swallowing all that horrible 'medicine' and food, but she had to stick to her plan, or else Colin would never learn.
Colin looked around. "Where are my books? I want something to read."
"Oh, no dear", Mary explained, trying to sound worried, "You shouldn't tire yourself reading all those big books, you could get extremely tired, so I took them away until you are well enough to read them"
Colin looked upset at this, but Mary batted her eyelashes at him, and gave her best worried, caring look. He finally leaned back.
"Well, what am I supposed to do! I am bored!"
Mary fluffed his pillows. "I am very sorry that you are bored, but you are not well enough to do anything. You need to get plenty of rest from sleep, and you need to keep taking those medicines that Dr. Morris gave you. Pretty soon, you'll be perfectly well." Mary stood up.
Colin groaned, and turned away from her. Mary sat down and rubbed his back until he fell asleep. When he did, Mary smiled. Her plan was going perfectly. Colin would hate being 'ill' so much, that he would have to stop acting so childish in order to be 'well', and until then, Mary would be the best nurse he had ever had, making certain that he took all his 'medicines', ate all his meals, and didn't do anything that might 'tire him out'.
She had one of the maids help her bring a cot and sheets into the bedroom, so that she would never have to leave Colin's side for a moment, and so he wouldn't be able to not take medicines, eat any good food, or be able to do anything nice.
Mary changed into her nightclothes and went to sleep finally, hoping that her plan would continue to work tomorrow.
How did you all like Mary's plan? PLEASE REVIEW! I had a hard time figuring this chapter out, and what Mary's plan would be, but it came to me last night, and I wrote it today, I hope you like it This is actually the longest chapter I have written in ANY of my story's so far. so, until next time, BYE! Li Li